This is an analysis of the poem A Brisbane Reverie that begins with:

As I sit beside my little study window, looking down
From the heights of contemplation (attic front) upon the town... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb ccc dddXee ddd bbb fff aaa ggg hhh ii i ddd jjj aaa dXd kkk hhh bbb ccc ccc eeefff lll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,6,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,1,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,6,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111011101010101 001010101010101 101110101010101 111110101110001 011010100011101 111110101010001 111110101110101 101010101010101 01010101010101 001010111010111 101011100010101 1010010110010100 101110101010110 01010101010101 001011111110111 101011101110101 110111101010101 111010111110111 001010001010001 110110101110101 011010101110001 01110101010001 110001101010101 111010111010011 101011000010101 101100101010101 01001111010101 11010011010101 111010100110101 111010101010101 1101000010101 001110101010101 011010111010101 111010101110101 111011101010001 1010111010011101 101011101110001 10101010101011 101110101010101 1011101101100101 110111100110001 111011101011101 10101010011001 110010100010011 1010101010010111 101010101010001 01110011010111 101010101110011 11110011110101 1010010100110101 11011101110101 101100100110101 11010101010101 1010100110001101 111010110010101 111011111010101 111010100010111 101010101010011 11110101010101 111001111110001 10101101111101001 110010011111001 001011101110101 10101010010101 11001100110101 1111101000100101 101011101100101 11010101010101 111010011010101 101111001010101 01010101010101 11010111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 72
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, that, very, of, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.

    The author used the same words as, where at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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